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L</"X">, L<perlvar/$">, L<perlop/Quote and Quote‐like Operators>
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L</q(X)>, L</'X'> L</"X">, L<perlvar/$">,
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This belongs to L<perlop/Terms and List Operators (Leftward)> and
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L<perlop/Quote and Quote‐like Operators>.
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This is the single quote operator (aka the non-interpolating string operator).
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It creates a string literal out of X.
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To place a C<'> inside the string, you must escape it with C<\>:
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my $quote = 'He said \'I like quotes.\'';
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Unlike double quoted strings, that is the only escape sequence.
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For a full discussion of how strings work, see
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L<perlop/Quote and Quote-like Operators>.
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my $string = 'Hello, $name!\n'; #$string is now "Hello \$name!\n";
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L</">, L</qq(X)>, L</q(X)>, L<perlvar/$">,
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and L<perlop/Quote and Quote‐like Operators>
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This belongs to L<perlop/Terms and List Operators (Leftward)> and
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L<perlop/Quote and Quote‐like Operators>.
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This is the generalized single quote operator (aka the generalized
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non-interpolating string operator). It creates a string literal out of X.
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The delimiters C<()> are chosen by the user and may consist of either
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bracketing characters (C<< q<> >>, C<q()>, C<q{}>, and C<q[]>) or matching
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characters (C<q##>, C<qaa>, etc.). It is generally used to allow the user
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to avoid having to escape characters:
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my $quote = q/He said 'I like quotes.'/;
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If the delimiter is not a bracketing pair, or if the brackets are
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unbalanced, you will need to escape the delimiter with C<\> if you wish to
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have that character in the string:
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my $quote = q{I have too many \} characters};
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But it is often better to just choose a delimiter that does not conflict
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my $better = q/I have too many } characters/;
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Unlike double quoted strings, the escaping of the delimiter is the only
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For a full discussion of how strings work, see
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L<perlop/Quote and Quote-like Operators>.
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my $string = q/Hello, $name!\n/; #$string is now "Hello \$name!\n";
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L</"X">, L</'X'>, L</q(X)>, L<perlvar/$">,
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and L<perlop/Quote and Quote‐like Operators>
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This is the quote word operator. It creates a list of strings. The
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individual strings are whitespace separated. It does not interpolate.
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The delimiters C<()> are chosen by the user and may consist of either
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bracketing characters (C<< qw<> >>, C<qw()>, C<qw{}>, and C<qw[]>) or
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matching characters (C<qw##>, C<qwaa>, etc.). It is generally used to allow
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the user to avoid having to escape characters:
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my @list = qw/'a' 'b' 'c'/; #@list is now ("'a'", "'b'", "'c'")
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If the delimiter is not a bracketing pair, or if the brackets are
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unbalanced, you will need to escape the delimiter with C<\> if you wish to
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have that character in the string:
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my @broken = qw{I have too many } characters}; #broken
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my @works = qw{I have too many \} characters}; #works
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my @balanced = qw{this works {} because it is balanced} #works
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But it is often better to just choose a delimiter that does not conflict
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my $better = qw/I have too many } characters/;
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Unlike double quoted strings, the escaping of the delimiter is the only
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my @a = qw/ a b c /; #@a is now ("a", "b", "c", "d")
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my @b = qw/ $foo $bar /; #@b is now ('$foo', '$bar')
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